Scarf



July 17, 1934.

A. M. GREAN SCARF Filed July 29, 1932 3 Sheeis$heet l INVENTOR 19LEXA/VDRE GREQA/ w ATTORNEY July 17, 1934.

A. M. GREAN 1,967,054

SCARF Filed July 29, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR A; E/QNDRE /7.G/PEA'N BY v ATTORNEY A.M.GREAN' L96Z054 SCARF Filed July 29, 1932 sSheets-Sheet a ATTORNEY Patented July 17, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in scarfs and the method ofmaking the same and has particular reference to the production of scarfsfrom a single length of fabric.

It has been heretofore proposed to print or otherwise apply to acontinuous length of fabric having selvage edges a series of ornamentalareas each of the shape of a parallelogram and extending diagonallyacross said length of fabric to the edges thereof and each includingaborder design defining the outline of the area. Adjacent longitudinalborder portions define therebetween a bias severing area extendingacross the material and along which the latter is cut to obtain a scarf.This known method has the drawback that all of the scarfs produced fromsaid length of material are of the same configuration.

In accordance with the present invention, provision is made for theproduction, from a single piece of fabric, of a plurality of scarfs ofdifferent outlines and each having a complete ornamental design thereonno portion of which has been severed when cutting the scarfs from saidlength. The single piece of fabric may include a design provided with aplurality of lines by which the length of the scarf may be cut toprovide different outlines.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofexpressions, some of which, for purposes of illustration, are shown inthe accompanying drawings, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a length of fabric showing aseries of ornamented areas thereon extending substantially along thebias of the material.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a scarf which may be cut from the length ofthe fabric shown in Figure 1.

Figures 3 to 5 are plan views of scarfs each having a different outlinewhich may be cut from the length of fabric shown in Figure l, or fromthe fabric or scarf shown in Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a different design forthe ornamented areas.

Figure 7 is a view of a scarf which may be cut from the fabric of Figure6.

Figures 8 to 10 are plan views of different scarfs which may be cut fromthe fabric of Figure 6, or from the fabric of Figure 7.

Figure 11 is a fragmentary plan view of another length of fabric showingthe ornamented areas laid out thereon longitudinally of the selvageedges of the material.

Figure 12 is a plan view illustrative of a scarf which may be cut fromthe fabrics of Figures 11 or 13.

Figure 13 shows a scarf which may be cut from the fabric of Figure 11,and

Figure 14 is a view similar to Figures 1 and 6 6 showing still anothertype of design from which 0 scarfs of different outlines may beobtained.

In Figures 1 to 5, there is shown a length of fabric 15 of any desirednature having longitudi nal selvage edges. Upon this fabric there isprinted or otherwise applied, by any well known method, a series ofornamented areas generally indicated by 16 which, in the presentembodiment, extend diagonally across the fabric from edge to edge andsubstantially along the bias 1 thereof. Various designs may be employedin each of the areas 16 and, as shown, may consist of a central or innerportion 17 and border portions 18, the latter portions of any area beingcontiguous to similar portions of next adjacent areas. If desired a line19 may be indicated on the fabric dividing adjacent areas and this lineis substantially on the bias of the material and is utilized as aguidewhen severing an area from the length to form a scarf having the shapeof a parallelogram, as shown in Figure 2. When so 0 cut on adjacentlines 19, it will be apparent that no portion of the design whichconstitutes the border 18 is severed and consequently the completedesign remains on the finished scarf.

The scarf shown in Figure 2 may be made from a single length of fabricand may be used for producing scarfs shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5.

In Figure 3, a scarf having substantially the shape of a parallelogramis produced by cutting along and just outside of the lines 20 formed bya part of the border design, this line being angular so that the scarfwill have a constricted central portion.

Another outline of scarf (Figure 4) having straight longitudinal edgesand pointed ends may be out either by severing the material along thelines 19 and then outside the lines 21 adjacent the ends of one of theornamented areas, or merely by cutting outside the lines 21.

Again, as in Figure 5, a different outline may be produced, which is acombination of those shown in Figures 3 and 4, by cutting outside thelines 20 and 21.

In every instance, it is to be especially noted that the cuttingoperation, when directed along any one of the lines defining the borderportion of the design, will not sever any other linei: which is a partof said design, and that therefore each finished scarf will have thereona complete design no portion of which has been cut through. 1

Figures 6 to 10 show the same principle as above described andillustrate another one of many types of designs which may be employed.In this embodiment the fabric 15' may be divided into the areas 16'having the central and border areas 17 and 18' respectively, and bycutting on either of the lines 19', 20' or 21', the scarfs of Figures 7to 10 may be produced.

The length of fabric 22 of Figure 11 has the ornamented areas generallyindicated by the numeral 23 laid out thereon longitudinally of thefabric instead of on the bias, as in Figures 1 and 6. By so doing, it ispossible to obtain the four different shapes of scarfs shown in Figures7 to 10, one of which is illustrated in Figure 12, and, in addition,another scarf (Figure 13) of rec tangular formation, may be cut from thefabric, by following the various lines indicated in Figure 11. Here,again, the cutting of any desired shape of scarf will produce a completecomposite design, no portion of which is severed or in any wisemutilated by the cutting operation.

In Figure 14, the areas 24 are laid out on the bias and by cutting oneither of the lines 25, 26

or 27, four different outlines may be formed corresponding to thoseshown in Figures 7 to 10 except that when the cut is made on the line2'7, the ends of the scarf are rounded instead of pointed as in Figures9 and 10.

What is claimed is:

As a new article of manufacture, printed goods in the bolt or roll, saidgoods consisting of a continuous strip of a fabric material providedwith longitudinal selvage edges and having printed upon the strip aseries of double symmetrical trapezoidal designs of cheviot form, whichtrapezoidal designs each consist of two axially aligned isoscelestrapezoids joined together at their narrow portions, the bases of saidtrapezoids having axially aligned isosceles triangular and borderportions with the points of said triangular portions being directed awayfrom the trapezoid bases, said double designs being closely arrangedtogether upon the strip so that all their axes will be parallel to eachbut being separated from each other by triangular areas artisticallyconforming to the design embraced in said trapezoids and in saidtriangular end portions, said separating triangular areas taking theform of relatively squat isosceles triangles along the end triangularborder portions and taking the form of elongated gore-like trianglesalong the sides of the inverted connected trapezoids, said strip beingadapted to be used as drapery or being adapted to be cut up into scarfsof a plurality of designs, which designs may include and exclude saidgore-like separated triangular areas along the sides of the isoscelestrapezoids and said squat isosceles triangular areas along saidtriangular end border portions.

ALEXANDRE M. GREAN.

